VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango’s statement to the effect that former president Edgar Lungu must first retire from active politics before he can be given his retirement benefits is a reminder to us as a nation that we have a long way to being a democratic country that we claim to be. Responding to a question of whether President Lungu had been given his retirement benefits the Vice-President said, not until the man quits engaging himself in politics. NALUMANGO: “Anybody who has been a President and retires, the condition that I know is to retire from active politics. It is not about the term, that is what I understand, if I am wrong you will forgive me. It is not about how...
